P-Can? As if our play on the court doesn't remind people of toilets enough?

Well, that's a different interpretation. A lot of people in the NOLA area pronounce pecan like "pee-can".

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12-06-2012, 02:55 PM

Mr. Mojo

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Originally Posted by Kibner

A lot of people in the NOLA area pronounce pecan like "pee-can".

don't you mean outside of NOLA/the south? I have never heard anyone in the area pronounce it that way, in fact, in my experience "pee-can" is the more northeastern pronunciation typically and "puh-cahn" is most often the southern one.

12-06-2012, 03:20 PM

CarnbY

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Originally Posted by Hornet Hysteria

P-Can? As if our play on the court doesn't remind people of toilets enough?

Shouldn't you be following some other tearm already?

12-06-2012, 03:28 PM

DirtySouf

Definitely "puh-cahn" around the NOLA area...

12-06-2012, 03:30 PM

luckyman

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Originally Posted by HORNETSFAN

So because the name has not been used in 35 years, doesn't mean that the history of the name dies.

Most people walking around today don't have any historic memories of this long gone MINOR league baseball team. First thing comes to mind when they hear Pelicans is the way it sounds with regards to MAJOR league basketball franchise. It just doesn't fit this game. Why? I dunno but it just doesn't.

History notwithstanding it does fit any baseball team though. Maybe naming a team after a goofy looking bird fits an outdoor, slow-paced game rather than an indoor, younger/hipper crowd, fast-paced game. Think about this. What if we just got a new NFL franchise. Would you be fine calling them the Pelicans?

12-06-2012, 03:36 PM

FlyGirl

Gerrity found two guys at last nights game that created their own Pelicans shirsey.

don't you mean outside of NOLA/the south? I have never heard anyone in the area pronounce it that way, in fact, in my experience "pee-can" is the more northeastern pronunciation typically and "puh-cahn" is most often the southern one.

Whichever. I call it "pa-khan" and just get annoyed when people say it different (including my own family). It seems 50/50 how people say it in my experience. Meh.

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12-06-2012, 04:41 PM

rt0307

There's a deadspin article that may change some minds... but I can't post it here b/c it has the most foul of foul language in the title.

Mods is there a safe way I can link the article w/o getting a warning? It's a really good article on why Pelicans would actually be the best name in the NBA

here's a clean section from the deadspin article that I can't link due to foul language

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But the pelican isn't just a mindless see-it-and-eat-it hunter, oh no. They work together. A bunch of pelicans will practice "cooperative fishing," herding fish into a central area so they can take turns dive-bombing the prey. Hear that, rest of the NBA? Pelicans work as a team.

They're so noble, they're pretty much deities. During times of famine, it was said, the mother pelican would draw her own blood to feed her young, and the early church quickly adopted the pelican as a symbol for the Christ. Do you see anyone worshipping a seahawk? You do not.

We've already established that a pelican's offense is unmatched. But they're selfless defenders as well. Here's a New York Times story from 1910, about a "marauding weasel" that found its way into the pigeon coop at the Central Park Zoo. Did the zoo's pelicans, Hildalgo Pete, Signor Gomez, and Sanchez Hoolihoo, run away? Did they stare helplessly as the weasel trespassed on their property and helped itself to a meal? They did not. They chased the weasel away from the pigeons, and cornering it against a mesh fence, beat it to death. "Even after the animal was dead the two pelicans…kept jabbing their bills at it."

Hidalgo Pete suffered a broken wing in the melee, but that's just what pelicans do. They give up their own bodies to protect their court. There's no way New Orleans will lose a home game.

12-06-2012, 04:44 PM

jprdbulldog20

not sure if it has been posted but..

Danny Granger ‏@dgranger33:
The New Orleans Pelicans?!?! As a native New Orleanian all I can do is Smh

I think some that dislike the name are actaully ok with the pelicans but the problem is they are worried how other people will look the team. The thing is we're Louisiana, not such and such, so who gives a flying(pun intended) #%*%? Let ESPN and Mary Sue keep their opinions to themselves, people are going to think what they want and you can't control that so don't worry about it dudes.

12-09-2012, 11:52 AM

ohnosono

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Originally Posted by wuggie

I think some that dislike the name are actaully ok with the pelicans but the problem is they are worried how other people will look the team. The thing is we're Louisiana, not such and such, so who gives a flying(pun intended) #%*%? Let ESPN and Mary Sue keep their opinions to themselves, people are going to think what they want and you can't control that so don't worry about it dudes.

I hope it's the other way around. I just don't care for the name. Others' opinions have no influence over mine.

12-09-2012, 11:58 AM

FlyGirl

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Originally Posted by wuggie

I think some that dislike the name are actaully ok with the pelicans but the problem is they are worried how other people will look the team. The thing is we're Louisiana, not such and such, so who gives a flying(pun intended) #%*%? Let ESPN and Mary Sue keep their opinions to themselves, people are going to think what they want and you can't control that so don't worry about it dudes.

And surprisingly enough, not ALL ESPN is pointing and laughing. Who cares what they think though. Haha.

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3. Fact or Fiction: You approve of the "New Orleans Pelicans" name change.

Haberstroh: Fact. Not only do I approve but I endorse it. Pelicans are vicious, bloodthirsty animals. Don't believe me? Watch this. I'm looking at you, Dwyane and LeBron.

Wallace: Fiction. I've spent many years in Louisiana, having attended college and worked my first reporting job there. So I do have some emotion invested here. I don't like Pelicans. I'd instead prefer something a bit more distinct, like the Satchmo(e)s or the Jubilees.

Windhorst: Fact. The outrage is silly; most new nicknames seem odd at first. People didn't like "Thunder," either. Can you imagine if Twitter had been around when "Knickerbockers" or "Lakers" were announced? Back in the '80s, people made fun of "Heat." If the Pelicans become a good team, people will love it.